160. Josephine Baker - Part I
Jospehine Bake lived a full life, so much so that it was impossible to fit the bisexual, burlesque icon's story into just one episode! So welcome to part one, where we learn all about how Josephine we...
15 Syys 20251h
159. Lili St Cyr - Burlesque Icon
Lili St Cyr grew up with nothing...and ended up the most scandalous woman in America! From poverty to police raids, to being denounced by the Public Morality Committee, she had a scandalous life on an...
9 Syys 20251h
158. Liane de Pougy - Courtesan, Princess, Nun
Burlesque's beginnings blossomed out of La Belle Époque, the interwar period between the Franco-Prussian war and WW1. An era where creativity and the arts boomed and the Burlesque show was born and it...
1 Syys 20251h 12min
157. The Battle of Castle Itter
The Battle of Castle Itter has to be one of the weirdest battle of the Second World War, it's the SS against Wermacht, the Austrian Resistance, US troops, an SS officer, some politicians, a famous ten...
25 Elo 202550min
156. Amon Göth - The Butcher of Płaszów
Amon Leopold Göth was an SS Schutzstafeeln, the commandant of the Płaszów labour camp in Kraków, Poland and a man that was such a monster that Steven Spielberg had to tone down his cruelty in Schindle...
19 Elo 202546min
155. Ravensbrück Concentration Camp
Ravensbrück was the only major Nazi concentration camp for women, located just miles north of Berlin, it was close enough to hand, but far enough to avoid too many questions. A place of brutality, whe...
11 Elo 20251h 4min
154. Irma Grese - The Hyena of Auschwitz
Irma Grese, the baby faced Beast of Belsen and the Hyena pf Auschwitz who revelled in the pain and sufferening of others, especially if she was the one who was inflicting it. Hosted by Katie Charlwood...
4 Elo 202553min
153. Zoot Suit Riots
The Zoot Suit Riot wasn't actually a riot, don't let the name fool you, it is an often overlooked attack on ethnic minorities in Los Angeles which became a pivotal moment in the Chicano Civil Rights M...
23 Heinä 20251h 13min
